IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine - July 2018 - 87

It's easy to just build a device and
use a dedicated app, or now, Alexa, to
deliver functionality. It demos well to
the end user, and it's not hard to understand why one wants to work with
selected partners because it's easy to see
the direct benefit of each relationship.
But to tap into the synergy of a world of
smart devices and benefit from the innovation of millions of prosumers who can
share their creations, you need an interface for software. So, as I meandered

Notes from the Editor

ABoUt tHe AUtHoR

The "smarts" are
embedded in the device,
but I can't add my own (or
buy) smarts with software.
through the show floor at CES, my
question was: Got API? I was pleased to
find an increasing number of companies
providing such interfaces. Those companies are looking ahead. Is yours?

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ColUMns
BITS VERSUS ELECTRONS
"Got API?" presents a wide perspective
on the application program interface provided by various companies along with
their products.

HARDWARE MATTERS

looKinG foRWARd

"Optimizing DSP Cores Using Design
Transformation" discusses a methodology for digital-signal-processing core
optimization using transformations during architectural synthesis.

I hope this issue dedicated to blockchains proves to be exceptionally informative to the broader CE community.
Additional hot topics will be covered in
future issues of IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine with the help of our
editorial board and authors around the
globe. Please stay tuned!

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THE ART OF STORAGE
A discussion of a new type of memory
called magnetic random access memory is provided in "Is Magnetoresistive
Random Access Memory in Your Embedded-Product Future?"

Society News

Bob Frankston (IEEECEMagazine@
bob.ma) is best known for writing
VisiCalc-the first electronic spreadsheet. While at Microsoft, he was instrumental in enabling home networking.
Today, he is addressing the issues associated with coming to terms with a
world being transformed by software.
He is an IEEE Fellow.

Entrepreneurs who are at the early stage
of their careers are interviewed in "Entrepreneurs in Consumer Electronics."

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Yue commented, "I really like this event.
I like the way of showing opinions using
the flying animals, which make the
whole session very relaxing and interesting, and greatly reduces the tense sense
of the presenter." She also gave a suggestion of her own, saying that, if an
exemplary presentation can be provided
after the presenters have finished, then
this could improve their skills even more.
This is an excellent proposal to consider.

This session was the first YP event
of 2018, and the IEEE YP Committee
of the CE Society planned another during ICCE Taiwan 2018, held 19-21
May at Taichung. The YP event was a
tutorial session concerning technical
writing and given by Dr. Akihiko Sugiyama. The IEEE YP Committee of the
CE Society welcomes young people and
encourages them to become active
members of the CE Society so they can

access various benefits. For more information, contact the IEEE YP Committee chair at shingo.yamaguchi@ieee
.org. We hope to see you at one of the
CE Society conferences!
-Shingo Yamaguchi
-Tom Coughlin

July 2018

IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine

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